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Move over, David After Dentist. The two-year-old smoking cigarettes is the Internet video sensation of the day.
It’s pretty scary to see a two-year-old smoking cigarettes like a pro. The image is so wrong it makes me want to shout at the screen.
Like most sensationally wrong things, though, this one is rare. There’s hardly an epidemic of toddler smokers out there. I’m not worried about my own two-year-old being offered her first cigarette by a delinquent preschooler at playgroup.
Video of a 2-year-old smoking cigarettes is making the Internet rounds today and we are not amused. In the disturbing video, little Ardi Rizal mugs for the camera, blowing kisses and acting like a typical toddler caught on camera. Except for the part where he repeatedly takes a drag from the lit cigarette he holds in his chubby little hand.
At an age when most parents wouldn’t let their child near a hot stove, this kid is smoking (and smoking like a pro, I might add) a burning stick of cancer-causing tobacco. What the heck is going on here? Continue reading »
Some folks call it a hookah, but it’s also known as a water pipe, shisha, narghile or hubble bubble. One thing’s for sure: whatever you call it, it’s gaining in popularity — especially among teens and young adults.
A new survey, published yesterday in the journal Pediatrics, confirmed that as many as 23 percent of young people in North America have used a hookah. That’s nearly 1 in 4 young adults.
Once only available at Middle Eastern cafes, hookahs are popping up all over, including small towns and Internet cafes, according to MSNBC.com.
And now that tobacco use is frowned on, teens get the false impression that hookahs are not only safe, but sorta cool. Continue reading »
Think twice before you let your kid play with your cell phone. Feed your children organic food whenever possible and don’t heat baby bottles or other plastics in the microwave. And don’t forget to test radon levels in your home.
These are just a few suggestions from the President’s Cancer Panel, which released its annual report yesterday.
There are thousands of cancer-causing agents in the air, food, and water which are posing “grievous harm” to Americans every day, the report concluded. Not nearly enough is being done to research and regulate these chemicals.
Although large studies have found no links between cell phone use and cancer, the report said that people would be wise to play it safe by wearing headsets and to make calls quickly, according to Reuters. Continue reading »
With smoking bans in effect just about everywhere, those who want to light up are finding it harder and harder to to so. But the ever-industrious tobacco industry has responded by creating a variety of smokeless tobacco products. With these products, those who need a nicotine fix can get one anywhere, anytime with nary a puff of smoke.
But while smokeless tobacco products may seem harmless to those who don’t use them, a new study says they pose a very serious health risk to kids. Continue reading »
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Still another reason to quit smoking: a new study has found that third-hand smoke (the nicotine that adheres to surfaces long after the cigarette is extinguished) can be harmful to all humans, but especially babies and toddlers.
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